Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Monkey love

Harlow was a scientist who didn't like women. He had some relationship issues; therefore he didn't trust a lot of women he's with. He dedicated his time in studying monkeys and their behavior. He found that baby monkeys prefer a soft mother figure as opposed to a metal one that provided milk.

I find that this is against the moral codes because Harlow took the monkey away from its mother without its mother's consent. This experiment could cause severe neurological damage to the baby monkey and its mother, but we know that monkeys are our ancestors. Therefore, we're causing harm to our ancestors.

1 comment:

Dave said...

Hi Quang:

Looking for a bit more reaction here. Specifically about the moral/ethics of his research.